10 thoughts on “Can You Win Big Without Going All-in?”

1. Bart way smarter than me but from my take i’d be more inclined to build on flop but if i did call I’d prolly call then as well.

   I mean if a guy 6x pre then 2x on flop he really thinking at all? Would a guy like that really check back AK on river? Would he not bluff river with Q of spades?

2. Get lots of money in while you are pretty sure you're ahead, and you have a paying customer appearing willing. On a hand like this, forget about slow playing, forget about balancing your range. The only thing I'd balance is donk leading the flop sometimes, and varying the amount of the lead between a blocker hoping he'll raise, and pot-ish. AK, A6s wrong suit, sets, and QQ/JJ with a space need to pay to draw. And if you're check calling for deception (or worse yet, fear, when you're going to call off on most boards) do the deception with the size of a check raise instead. Randomize or choose, between around a minraise, a shove, and whatever size in between where villain with think that if he shoves, you might fold.

   Having said that, VILLAIN actually bet enough that hero's hand was pretty well protected mathematically, just not in a way that put villain to the test, nor in a way that let hero have any fold equity. The biggest downside of check calling is complete lack of fold equity, complete lack of taking advantage of the gap, needing a bigger hand to call than to bet.

3. Does TCH Live still have Greg Potter? I kinda stopped watching after he stopped commentating

4. I agree with Bart about the flop, calling looks so strong he's not gonna continue bluffing the turn so you might as well get in as much money on the flop as you can and hope he's got a set, 2 pair, single spade hands, etc. At first I disagree with Bart about jamming turn but I think I can get on board with it

5. Bart if you somehow forgot to actually go back and do the video on defining “out to lunch” well that would just be a disaster!

6. Bart laughs like he enjoys this runout. This is the S/M category of poker hand reviews.

7. As a regular at poker house dallas, I just want to say this hand perfectly encapsulates the type of players you will see there. They are some of the dumbest people on the planet, playing worse than you could imagine, for amounts of money I cannot fathom. The Next Gen boys are better than 90% of them and that 90% say the next gens are nits. $150 pre with 8/5s should say enough. This place is not for poker. It is for gambling. It is for thrill and risk and adrenaline. You'd think you could print money there, but when it's you against 8 insane people who call or raise every street, your chances of winning are next to nothing. You have 0 fold equity at poker house. This caller should have check raise shoved the turn. It's the only way to win long term. You can't show up and try to trap. You'll just end up in a horrible spot on the river. They don't care about playing well, they have no shame, they just want to play big pots.

   "Out To Lunch" = Poker house.

8. T c 0:57 0:57 h is boring to me. Don’t know why. Don’t even watch it with name players. Also don’t enjoy the Bike like I use to. Fir what ever reason Hustler has the Magic formula.

9. Villain was out for lunch

10. The flop bet is solver approved if it’s not a monotone board

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